Monthly Archives: June 2023

 

Gold-backed digital tokens mop up $34bn excess liquidity

Nqobile Bhebhe, nqobile.bhebhe@chronicle.co.zw THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has mopped up $34 billion through gold-backed digital tokens, which are part of measures to reduce liquidity in the market and expand the value-preserving instruments to stabilise the economy. The gold-backed digital tokens just like the gold coins have a vesting period of 180 days and can […] …
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Four more school children killed in accident

Crime Reporter FOUR school children died while 11 others were injured when a Nissan Caravan they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned three times last Friday along the Juliasdale-Nyanga Road. The Nissan Caravan travelling towards Watsomba had 30 school children on board when the accident occurred near the 26km peg along the […] …
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What We Have in Zimbabwe Isn’t Politics

Paul Bogaert What we have today in our country is not Politics. Politics is the election by informed citizens of representatives who will make informed decisions. Decisions based on debates about what is in the best interests of the people as a whole. What should our society’s rules be? How should we divvy up our […] …
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Diasporans Forgotten

The promise of a Diaspora vote by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, once seen as a beacon of hope for Zimbabweans living abroad, has been nothing but a broken promise. Elections in Zimbabwe are only a few months away, and yet, nothing has been done to implement the voting of diasporans. It is a sad and contemplative […] …
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Mental Health Care is a Basic Need Too

As a Zimbabwean, I cannot help but feel a deep sense of sadness when I reflect upon the state of mental health in our society today. The truth is that mental health needs to be a much bigger priority for us all. This is not to say that mental health issues do not exist in […] …
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Progress on Bills 30th May to 1st June

Source: Progress on Bills 30th May to 1st June BILL WATCH 23/2023 Both Houses of Parliament Will Resume from Tuesday 6th June Status of Bills as at Friday 2nd June 2023 The following list summarises progress made by the National Assembly on Bills during its sittings on Tuesday 30th May, Wednesday 31st May and Thursday […] …
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